Deals

PEWAUKEE, Wis. - Robert Mariano, chairman and CEO of Roundy's Inc., on Friday issued a statement in response to the Aug. 22, 2003 story in the Chicago Sun Times speculating on a purchaser for Dominick's.

MILAN, Ill. - Milan, Ill.-based Eagle Food Centers Inc., which owns and operates supermarkets in Illinois and Iowa, said on Wednesday that it has signed two separate purchase agreements with Hy-Vee and J.B. Sullivan Inc. for the assets of four of its stores.

LONDON - Britain's Competition Commission said on Tuesday its report on who should be allowed to buy supermarket Safeway Plc would be delayed after one of the four parties made a last ditch attempt to stay in the race.

MINNEAPOLIS - Supervalu on Sunday announced that it has signed a letter of intent with C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc., for certain assets that C&S may purchase from Fleming Companies.

AMSTERDAM -- Supermarket retailer and foodservice operator Royal Ahold NV said Friday it has closed the sale of its 99.6 percent interest in Santa Isabel S.A. to Chilean retailer Cencosud S.A.

DALLAS -- Fleming Companies, Inc. on Wednesday said it has received no qualifying bids to compete with the offer submitted by C&S Wholesale Grocery to acquire its wholesale grocery business. As a result, no auction will be held and the company will seek approval of the C&S asset purchase agreement by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware during the hearing scheduled for August 4, 2003.

NEW YORK - New York grocer Gristede's Foods said late last week it will pay $120 million for the upscale Kings Super Markets chain, contingent upon it selling $150 million in senior notes on the bond market, the Newark Star-Ledger reports.

SMITHFIELD, Va. -- Smithfield Foods, Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire the pork manufacturing and processing assets of bankrupt Farmland Industries, Inc. for $363.5 million in cash.